Issue: When working in the UV Editor in Maya, the rotate and scale manipulators are not visible and it is impossible to edit the UVs. […]
Month: February 2020
3ds Max 2017 won’t open.
Issue: 3DS Max 2017 won’t open. It get’s stuck at the initializing screen but does not open. Environment: Autodesk Desktop App fails to open. Causes: […]
Error: “Max.NET Unhandled Exception” for Ephere.Utilities.Evaluator
Issue: When launching 3ds Max, a Max.NET error is received that states an exception with the Ephere Utilities Evaluator or a similar module has occurred. […]
3D Manipulation not working in Arnold Maya 2020
Issue: Can not get 3D Manipulation to work in Arnold 6 Maya 2020. 00:00:00 1126MB WARNING | [mtoa] [<built-in>] [node aov_write_vector] Assigning temporary node id […]
How to change Field of View with numeric value in 3ds Max, Rendering Method Panel missing
Issue: When you are trying to find the Rendering Method Panel under the Configure Viewports menu to manually reset your Field of View to 45. However, […]
Backburner render jobs from 3ds Max show errors; non-ASCII or “foreign” characters appear in the Server log files
Issue: Backburner render jobs from 3ds Max show errors; non-ASCII or “foreign” characters can appear in the Server log files. Although the jobs may be […]
Send To Maya, Motionbuilder and Mudbox features are not working in 3ds Max.
Issue: The Send To Maya, Motionbuilder and Mudbox features are not working in 3ds Max 2019.3 and more recent versions. The following behavior may occur when attempting […]
Error: “[Arnold]: [texturesys] ImageInput::create() called with no filename – Invalid image file” in 3ds Max
Issue: When attempting to render a scene in 3ds Max with the Arnold render engine, the following error appears: Error: “[Arnold]: [texturesys] ImageInput::create() called with […]
Setting environment variables using Maya.env
There are two ways to set environment variables outside of Maya: using the standard operating system commands, or editing the Maya.env file. Using the Maya.env file is recommended so […]
Unable to open a file previously working in Maya
Issue: Unable to open a file previously working in Maya. The program stalls, crashes, or freezes. To unfreeze, force close the program from the Task Manager […]